Foods Karin Kross Has Tried

Artichokes form the backbone of this vegetal liqueur.

This tasty Czech pastry is now a Texan tradition.

A crossbred table grape variety that tastes an awful lot like spun sugar.

These muscular organs are a crispy, chewy Southern favorite.

A sweet and nutty liqueur made with the fruit of the "elephant tree."

Most sushi fans have never tried this rare rhizome.

Real maraschinos were born more than a century ago in an Italian distillery.

Once made by monks, this candy spends 15 days rolling in sugar syrup to get its pearly-white shell.

This powder proved essential to Arctic exploration, war, and the ice cream parlor.

This savory seafood condiment is named after the finest cognacs.

Historians debate whether this dish actually originated with Italian sex workers.

One fantasy food's journey from sci-fi vegan steak to silver screen cannibalism to actual meal replacement.

Like the famed composer himself, this Mozart-homage bonbon originated in Salzburg, Austria.

Slice one open for some citrus caviar.

The story of South Carolina's sweet-hot soda begins with a chance discovery during the Revolutionary War.

In the 19th century, tin miners ate these handheld pies and left their crusts to appease mischievous, mine-dwelling spirits.

This New Year's luck-bringer has a controversial contemporary taste.

Pressed from frozen grapes, this prized wine was a sweet accident.

These almond cakes resembling gold ingots were sold near the Paris stock exchange.

A pharmaceutical company developed this beverage as drinkable IV solution.

"As a vanquisher of men its equal has never been found."

This Philadelphia cocktail was invented at a fishing club that once declared itself a sovereign state.